Kursat Bayrakcı raised to 6,500 in middle position and Rony Jazzar, the shortest stack to start the day, went all in for 13,000 total from the small blind. Bayrakcı called and the hands were revealed.
Bayrakcı: 
Jazzar: 
The board ran out 
and Jazzar doubled to about 30,000. Bayrakcı took a minor hit down to about 198,000.
Joe Cassidy has yet to show up to Day 3. He showed up late to Day 2 and even registered in the last level on Day 1b. Some extra sleep never hurt anyone, unless your short stacked like Cassidy is.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
The cards are in the air for Day 3!
Table 1
1. Kursat Bayrakcı - 215,500
2. Omid Sassony - 27,200
3. Onder Ozdemirler - 242,500
4. Foivos Pettas - 141,400
5. Rony Jazzar - 7,300
6. Kari Somer - 23,300
7. Jeff Hakim - 83,400
8. Andreas Krause - 115,000
9. Ahmet Ucali - 160,000
Table 2
1. Kerem Kiyak - 220,900
2. Alin Pandilica - 60,000
3. Yonghui Jiang - 148,200
4. Antoine Abou Khalil - 61,100
5. Zsolt Vasvenszki - 260,800
6. Levent Baskaya - 99,200
7. Lere Litmanovich - 87,200
8. Hakan Dalokay - 153,400
9. Musa Gunay - 150,000
Table 3
1. Michael Schlobach - 151,500
2. Kfir Yamin - 106,000
3. Andrew Feldman - 78,800
4. Roy Yaacoub - 85,200
5. Konstantinos Nanos - 159,500
6. David Benyamine - 114,800
7. Chris Karagulleyan - 275,700
8. Aineas Protopapas - 106,800
9. Georges Hanna - 188,700
Table 4
1. Joseph El Khoury - 56,100
2. Kandis Harris - 31,100
3. Elias Brussianos - 177,000
4. Rob Peltekci - 137,500
5. Soren Kongsgaard - 71,300
6. Dani Abi Rached - 58,400
7. Yılmaz Oguz - 161,800
8. Eric Mizrachi - 78,900
9. John Dolan - 52,100
Table 5
1. Kelly Kim - 123,600
2. Mathieu Clavet - 233,000
3. Mustafa Meryumoglu - 66,500
4. Bruno Stefanelli - 256,500
5. Van Marcus - 159,500
6. Magid Popalzei - 133,900
7. Manig Loeser - 337,000
8. Ozgur Arda - 76,700
9. Joe Cassidy - 35,000
Welcome back for Day 3 of the 2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event. If today is anything like yesterday, we're in for a lot of fun on the felt.
The field has been cut down to 45 players and only 18 of them will make the money. The bubble should burst today as the plan is to play six levels or until the final 10 players are left, whichever comes first. Manig Loeser heads the pack for Day 3 with 337,000 chips. He's the only player above 300,000, but there are a group of players not too far behind including Chris Karagulleyan (275,700), Kerem Kiyak (270,900) and Zsolt Vasvenszki (260,800).
Plenty of the big names dropped yesterday. Chino Rheem, John Racener, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Antonio Esfandiari and Sorel Mizzi all hit the rail, as well as the beautiful Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh. Those still left include Van Marcus, Bruno Stefanelli, David Benyamine, Kelly Kim and John Dolan.
Play kicks off at 2:00 pm local time and that's jus a short while away. PokerNews will be live from the tournament floor then. Stay tuned!
Main Event
Day 3 Started
